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(Eagle News)–The National Bureau of Investigation has filed a complaint against members of a group allegedly involved in a plan to oust President Rodrigo Duterte in October. The group was allegedly based in a farm in Rizal. Reports said NBI and Philippine Army personnel swooped in on the members on Tuesday, Sept. 25. Authorities confiscated high-powered firearms that were allegedly labeled “war materials.” Among those arrested were farm owner Ki Be E alias Lily Ong, who […]
HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Asian markets swung on Thursday as investors considered the prospect of more US interest rate hikes and Donald Trump’s latest broadside in his trade war with China. The US central bank lifted borrowing costs for the third time this year, as expected, citing an increasingly strong economy and jobs market, with governor Jerome Powell saying he saw no vulnerabilities in the financial system. The post-meeting statement removed mention of being […]
(Eagle News) — Kinontra ng malakanyang ang ipinalulutang ng grupo ng oposisyon na nakasentro ang administrasyon sa panggigipit kay Senador Antonio Trillanes IV para pagtakpan ang kabiguan ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte na solusyon ang problema sa mataas na bilihin. Sinabi ni Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque apat na presidential issuance ang nilagdaan ng Pangulo para mapabilis ang pagpasok sa bansa ng mga inaangkat na imported agricultural foods products kasama dito ang pag-aalis ng mga taripa. Ayon […]
(Eagle News)–Former Senator Jinggoy Estrada has asked the Sandiganbayan he be allowed to accompany his mother to Singapore, where she will undergo a medical exam. Estrada said former First Lady Loi Ejercito was scheduled to be at the Singapore Brain-Spine Nerves Center at Mount Elizabeth Hospital to meet a neurosurgeon named Dr. Pillay. Based on a certification from the family physician, Dr. Regina Bagsic, Ejercito was suffering from “severe compression deformity of the lumbar spine with […]
UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) — US President Donald Trump and Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced an agreement to start negotiations on a trade deal Wednesday, dampening the prospect of Washington imposing tariffs against another trading partner. After talks in New York on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly, the two leaders issued a joint statement about talks to produce “early” results, without giving any firm details on a timetable. Although the […]
(Eagle News)–Over 500 passengers were unloaded from a Metro Rail Transit 3 train on Thursday, Sept. 27, after it experienced electrical motor failure. In an advisory, the MRT3 management said the 540 passengers were unloaded from the train heading southbound at the Araneta Center Cubao station at 6:24 a.m. The motor failure was due to worn-out electrical sub-components, the MRT-3 said. The passengers were allowed to board the next train, which arrived five minutes later.
SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — An Apple-1, a rare model of the first computer produced by the now-iconic tech firm, fetched $375,000 in an auction this week, according to Boston-based RR Auction. The computer was among 175 of those sold by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak from their production in a garage in Silicon Valley in the early days of Apple in 1976 and 1977. The model originally went for $666.66 when it was […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Thursday, Sept. 28, urged the Department of Education to prioritize its repair of over 7000 classrooms left damaged by Typhoon “Ompong.” Gatchalian made the call after the DepEd revealed that 7,007 schools in Ilocos Region, Cagayan Valley, Central Luzon, Calabarzon, Mimaropa, Bicol, Western Visayas, Zamboanga, the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (ARMM), Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR), and Metro Manila, among others, had been damaged by the typhoon, which also claimed […]
UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) — Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro told the United Nations on Wednesday that he would be willing to sit down with Donald Trump to try to bridge differences with his US counterpart. “Despite all of the differences… I would be willing to reach out my hand to the president of the United States, Donald Trump, to discuss matters bilaterally,” Maduro told the General Assembly. © Agence France-Presse
(Eagle News)–“Paeng” will continue to bring rains in parts of the country as the tyhoon maintained its strength and continued to move slowly. In its recent advisory, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said that as of 3 a.m. Thursday, the eye of “Paeng” was located 750 kilometers east of Basco, Batanes. “Paeng” is packing maximum sustained winds of 160 kilometers per hour near the center and gustiness of up to 195 kph. […]
by Christian OTTON Agence France Presse UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) — US President Donald Trump admitted his friendship with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping could be over on Wednesday as he accused Beijing of undermining his prospects in upcoming elections. With tensions growing sharply between the two sides on a range of issues, Trump said China wanted him to suffer an electoral setback as payback for his hard line over trade. After accusing the […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The woman who accuses President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court pick of sexual assault at a high school party will testify Thursday that she feared Brett Kavanaugh would rape her. “I believed he was going to rape me. I tried to yell for help,” Christine Blasey Ford will tell US lawmakers, according to prepared testimony that she will deliver at a high-profile hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Kavanaugh, whose nomination […]
